IDENTIFIERS
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id:	276994
accession number:	MU.MS.262.p.61

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Tuesday 1 December 2020
updated:	Monday 18 December 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Sketches and incipits mostly related to concerti grossi op. 6 and the Ode for St Cecilia&#039;s day.
Probably originally joined to leaf p. 63-64, q.v. The top and right hand side of both pages are heavily stained, with some show through.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: Fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: &quot;IV&quot; (Burrows B140)
1.1.1 treble [Sketch 1] G G-2 xF c 4&#039;GB&#039;&#039;D8-&#039;&#039;G/{8.F6F}{8.E6E}{8.D6D}8&#039;D-/{EFG}{AB&#039;&#039;C}{8D6&#039;F}{8.G6D}/
2.1.1 treble [Sketch 2] e G-2 xF 3/2 2-2.B4&#039;&#039;G/2F2.&#039;B4B/&#039;&#039;CE2.C4&#039;B/1B
3.1.1 treble [Sketch 3] e G-2 xF c 8&#039;B/{&#039;&#039;E&#039;GF&#039;&#039;xD}{E6&#039;EF}{GAB&#039;&#039;xC}{8D&#039;FE&#039;&#039;xC}/
4.1.1 treble [Sketch 4] e G-2 xF 3/4 4-{6BB8B}{y&#039;&#039;CDz}/4E{y8DCz}{y&#039;BAz}/4B{6&#039;&#039;C&#039;B8B}{&#039;&#039;CD}/
5.1.1 treble [Sketch 5] D C-1 xFC c 4AxAB8-F/{G6FG}{{8AA}4D
6.1.1 treble [Sketch 6] G G-2 xF 3/4 {8.&#039;B6&#039;&#039;C}/{D&#039;B&#039;&#039;C&#039;A}{B&#039;&#039;DEF}{GFED}/{ECD&#039;B}{&#039;&#039;CDEF}{GFED}/
7.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 7] e? F-4 xFC 3/4 {6&#039;DExCD}{,B&#039;C,AB}{8xGE}/{6ABGA}{FGEF}{8xD,,B}/
8.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 8] Bb G-2 bBE c 4-8-&#039;&#039;F{6&#039;BA&#039;&#039;GF}{C&#039;B&#039;&#039;GF}/{6&#039;bAG&#039;&#039;GF}{&#039;BA&#039;&#039;GF}
9.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 9] Bb G-2 bBE c {6&#039;&#039;&#039;DC&#039;&#039;AB}/{FGDE}{&#039;B&#039;&#039;C&#039;AB}4F
10.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 10] Bb? G-2 bBE c {6&#039;&#039;BGxFG}{FG/FG}{bAnFnEF}{EFEF}
11.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 11] Bb G-2 bBE c 2-{8.&#039;&#039;D8D}{8.nE6F}/4G{8.B6B}{8.A6A}{8.G6G}
12.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 12] Bb G-2 bBE c {6&#039;&#039;CDE8G+}{G6bED}{xCDCD}{CDCD}/{DEF8G+}{G6bEDC}{&#039;nB&#039;&#039;C&#039;B&#039;&#039;C}
13.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 13] a C-1 c 4BAAG/GbB2&#039;&#039;C/4CC
14.1.1 treble [Sketch 14] A G-2 xFCG c 8&#039;E/{6&#039;&#039;EDC&#039;B}{&#039;&#039;C&#039;BAG}4A8-E/{6DEFE}{8DC}8,B
15.1.1 treble [Sketch 15] D C-1 xFC c 4-&#039;A&#039;&#039;DECFD2E
16.1.1 treble [Sketch 16] A G-2 xFCG 4-&#039;&#039;AE4.C{6&#039;BA}{8&#039;&#039;D&#039;B&#039;&#039;ED}{C&#039;A&#039;&#039;EA}
17.1.1 treble [Sketch 17] G G-2 xF c 4&#039;&#039;GD4.&#039;B{6&#039;&#039;CD}/{8EEE6FE}4.D{6EF}{8GGG6AG}/
18.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 18] G C-1 4&#039;G6-{GB&#039;&#039;D}{8EC}6-{x&#039;FA&#039;&#039;C}{8D&#039;B}6-{EGB}/
19.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 19] C G-2 6-{&#039;&#039;CEG}/{8AD}6-{xDFA}{8BE}6-{EGB}/{8&#039;&#039;&#039;C&#039;&#039;F}
20.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 20] c G-2 bBE 6/8 {8&#039;&#039;DGA}{6BAGxF8G}/{6EDCn&#039;B8&#039;&#039;C}{C&#039;BA}/

Contents
p. 61, lines 1-2. [Sketch 1 : 8 bars, treble and bass clefs, G major]
p. 61, line 3. [Sketches 2-4 : incipits for movements 1, 3 and 4 of Concerto grosso, op. 6, no. 3, HWV 321 in E minor] -- [Sketch 5 : 2 bars, soprano clef, D major]
p. 61, line 4. [Sketch 6, 4 bars, treble clef, G major, no time signature (3/4 by inference)]
p. 61, lines 5-6. [Sketch 7 : 7 bars, treble and bass clefs, E minor?, related to Polonaise movement of HWV 321, bars 26-27]
p. 61, lines 7-8. [Sketch 8 : 2 bars, treble and bass clefs, B♭major, related to HWV 322, 1st movement] -- [Sketch 9 : 1 bar, treble and bass clefs, B♭ major, related to HWV 325 no. 4, bars 11-12] -- [Sketch 10 : 2 bars, treble and bass clefs] -- [Sketch 11 : 1 bar, (treble and bass clefs), B♭ major, possibly related to HWV 330 last movement. The last notes are illegible]
p. 61, lines 9-10. [Sketch 12 : 3 bars, treble and bass clefs, B♭ major?, related to HWV 325 no. 4, bars 5-6]
p. 62, lines 1-2. [Sketch 13 : 4 bars, soprano and bass clefs, A minor : Muffat&#039;s Componimenti, no. V/1 Ouverture, bars 67-70] -- [Sketch 14 : 5 bars, treble clef, A major : related to &quot;Sharp violins proclaim&quot; in the Ode for St Cecilia&#039;s day. HWV 76, no. 7, bars 10-13]
p. 62, line 3. [Sketch 15 : 7 bars, soprano clef, D major : related to the melody of &quot;As from the power of sacred lays&quot;, from Ode for St Cecilia&#039;s day, HWV 76, no. 11]
p. 62, line 4. [Sketch 16 : 6 bars, treble clef, A major]
p. 62, line 5. [Sketch 17 : 5 bars, treble clef, 2 parts : Concerto grosso, HWV 319, no. 4, Allegro, bars 1-5]
p. 62, lines 6-7. [Sketch 18 : 3 bars, soprano and bass clefs, G major (no key signature)] -- [Sketch 19 : 3 bars, treble and bass clefs, C major : Muffat, Componimenti, no. I/2, Allemande, bars 4-6 and 19-21]
p. 62, lines 8-9. [Sketch 20 : 5 bars, treble and bass clefs, G minor : Muffat, Componimenti, no. II/1, Prelude, bars 38-42]
title:	Works. Selections (Sketches)

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/276994


CATEGORIES
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category: manuscript (music)

DATING
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creation date:	1739 - 1739
creation date earliest:	1739
creation date latest:	1739

CREATORS
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maker: Handel, George Frideric

DIMENSIONS
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value: 1 ms. (p. 61-62) ; 24 x 29 cm.